State of the Practice in the Design of Tall, Stiff and Flexible Tieback
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Strom and Robert M. Ebeling December 2001 Information Technology Laboratory Laboratory Technology Information Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. The contents of this report are not to be used for advertising, pub- lication, or promotional purposes. Citation of trade names does not constitute an official endorsement or approval of the use of such commercial products. The findings of this report are not to be construed as an official Department of the Army position, unless so designated by other authorized documents. PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Innovations for Navigation Projects ERDC/ITL TR-01-1 Research Program (TR INP-01-4) December 2001 State of the Practice in the Design of Tall, Stiff, and Flexible Tieback Retaining Walls by Ralph W. Strom 9474 SE Carnaby Way Portland, OR 97266 Robert M. Ebeling Information Technology Laboratory U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center 3909 Halls Ferry Road Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199 Final report Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Washington, DC 20314-1000 Under INP Work Unit 33272 Contents List of Figures...................................................................................................... vii List of Tables .......................................................................................................xii Preface ................................................................................................................ xiv 1—Introduction...................................................................................................... 1 1.1 General ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 FHWA Research and Development on Anchored Walls .......................... 2 1.3 Application of FHWA Research to the Design of Corps Tieback Wall Systems ............................................................................................ 3 1.4 Tieback Wall Deformations, Earth Pressures, and Drainage Effects........ 3 1.4.1 General............................................................................................. 3 1.4.2 Wall stiffness effects........................................................................ 4 1.4.3 Relation between earth pressures and wall movements................... 4 1.4.4 Construction short-term, construction long-term, and postconstruction conditions............................................................. 6 1.5 State of the Practice................................................................................... 9 1.5.1 General............................................................................................. 9 1.5.2 Flexible tieback wall systems ........................................................ 12 1.5.3 Stiff tieback wall systems .............................................................. 12 1.5.4 Common methods of tieback wall analysis ................................... 12 1.5.5 Comprehensive analysis ................................................................ 16 2—Tieback Wall Systems ................................................................................... 18 2.1 Introduction............................................................................................. 18 2.2 Vertical Sheet-Pile System with Wales and Post-Tensioned Tieback Anchors..................................................................................... 21 2.3 Soldier Beam System with Wood Lagging and Post-Tensioned Tieback Anchors..................................................................................... 22 2.4 Secant Cylinder Pile System with Post-Tensioned Tieback Anchors..... 23 2.5 Continuous Reinforced Concrete Slurry Wall System with Post-Tensioned Tieback Anchors................................................... 24 2.6 Soldier Beam Tremie Concrete System with Post-Tensioned Tieback Anchors................................................................................................... 27 2.7 Continuous Versus Discrete Tieback Wall Systems ............................... 28 3—Tieback Wall Design and Design Standards.................................................. 31 3.1 General .................................................................................................... 31 3.2 Behavior of Tieback Wall Systems......................................................... 31 3.2.1 General........................................................................................... 31 iii 3.2.2 Tieback wall construction sequencing........................................... 32 3.2.3 General behavior and design methodologies—focus wall systems .................................................................................. 35 3.3 Tieback Wall Design and Analysis Procedures ...................................... 38 3.3.1 General........................................................................................... 38 3.3.2 RIGID analysis procedure ............................................................. 40 3.3.3 WINKLER analysis....................................................................... 41 3.3.4 Linear elastic and nonlinear finite element method analyses ........ 42 3.3.5 Additional analyses........................................................................ 44 3.4 Phased Approach..................................................................................... 44 3.5 Performance Objectives .......................................................................... 46 3.5.1 General........................................................................................... 46 3.5.2 Collapse prevention ....................................................................... 46 3.5.3 Serviceability performance............................................................ 47 3.5.4 Displacement control performance................................................ 48 3.6 Design Policy .......................................................................................... 48 3.7 Combination of Loads............................................................................. 48 3.7.1 General........................................................................................... 48 3.7.2 Allowable stress design of steel components ................................ 48 3.7.3 Ultimate strength design of reinforced concrete components........ 49 3.7.4 Special provisions for hydraulic structures.................................... 49 3.8 Applicable Design Codes and Standards................................................. 50 3.8.1 General........................................................................................... 50 3.8.2 Special provisions of ASD applicable to tieback wall systems.......................................................................................... 53 3.8.3 Anchors.......................................................................................... 53 3.8.4 Anchor bond lengths...................................................................... 54 3.8.5 External stability............................................................................ 54 3.8.6 Axial capacity of soldier beams..................................................... 54 3.8.7 Tieback wall toe capacity .............................................................. 54 4—Geotechnical Investigations and Testing ....................................................... 55 4.1 Objectives................................................................................................ 55 4.2 Subsurface Exploration and Site Characterization.................................. 56 4.3 Testing of Foundation Materials 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